EJToday: Top Headlines

"‘Zombie Trout’ Unsettle Montana, Long a Fly-Fishing Mecca" [9]

"Since the Fellin family founded the Big Hole Lodge in the 1980s to take people fly fishing on the Big Hole River, they have seen significant changes to the cobble-and-boulder-studded freestone trout stream."

Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [15]
Source: NYTimes [16], 09/13/2023
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"Trying To Kill Mosquitoes? Don’t Buy A Bug Zapper." [17]

"Every night, a mass murderer stalks the darkness of America’s suburbs. An eerie blue glow lures hapless victims from their homes. The doomed souls, mesmerized by the light, throng to their deaths in sizzling blasts of electricity."

Biodiversity [18]
Consumer [19]
Environmental Health [20]
Technology [21]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Washington Post [22], 09/13/2023
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"Congress Enters Pivotal Week On Spending" [23]

"How to prevent a looming potential government shutdown will dominate the conversation on Capitol Hill this week, with the House and Senate considering divergent strategies for keeping agencies running."

Environmental Politics [24]
Government [25]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: E&E News [27], 09/12/2023
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2023 Had More Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Than Any Year On Record [28]

"New government data released Monday revealed that the U.S. has already experienced more billion-dollar weather disasters in 2023 than in any other year since authorities started tracking such data 40-plus years ago." "The staggering tally comes with four months of the year still remaining."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [29]
Economy & Business [30]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: HuffPost [31], 09/12/2023
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"Climate Change Is Causing an Insurance Crisis in Louisiana" [32]

"A little over a year ago, Peter Gardner, a Louisiana developer, completed rehabbing an apartment building with 144 units and got a surprise so ugly it made him decide to move his business out of town."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [19]
Disasters [29]
Economy & Business [30]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Bloomberg Green [33], 09/12/2023
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"Island Nations Hope for Court’s Help on Climate’s Effects" [34]

"A tribunal is expected to issue an advisory opinion on behalf of Pacific and Caribbean countries on whether greenhouse gases are pollutants that violate international law."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [29]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [13]
International [35]
Source: NYTimes [36], 09/12/2023
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"How the Land Back Movement is Unraveling Manifest Destiny" [37]

"Across Indian Country, tribal nations are buying back their land one parcel at a time".

Environmental Justice [38]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [39]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Sierra [40], 09/12/2023
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Laurel Peltier Took On Utilities Scamming Baltimore’s Low-Income Households [41]

"Policymakers hoped deregulated energy markets would lower utility bills through open competition. Energy advocates found the opposite: retail energy companies are fleecing low-income communities of color in cities like Baltimore."

Activism [42]
Consumer [19]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Environmental Justice [38]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [13]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [44]
Source: Inside Climate News [45], 09/12/2023
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Red Fire Ant Colonies Found In Italy Could Spread Across Europe: Study [46]

"An invasive non-native ant species has become established in Italy and could rapidly spread through Europe to the UK with global heating, a study warns."

Biodiversity [18]
Public [13]
Europe [47]
Source: Guardian [48], 09/12/2023
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"Companies Are Claiming To Be ‘Plastic Neutral.’ Is It Greenwashing?" [49]

"Plastic credits can help fund waste cleanup, but they can also justify making more plastic."

Chemicals [50]
Consumer [19]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Environmental Politics [24]
Journalism & Media [51]
Pollution [52]
Waste [53]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Source: Grist [54], 09/12/2023
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"In Its Push To Build Houses, Ontario Says Energy Efficiency Has To Wait" [55]

"Rules to ensure new homes use less energy could reduce homeowners’ bills. But at a meeting between the province and federal government, Ontario said it’s focused on building fast and cheap".

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [19]
Economy & Business [30]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Environmental Politics [24]
Infrastructure [56]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [13]
Canada [57]
Source: The Narwhal [58], 09/12/2023
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"NASA Satellites Reveal Restoration Power Of Beavers" [59]

"A new partnership between NASA and researchers is measuring the impact of beavers reintroduced to landscapes in Idaho."

Biodiversity [18]
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [11]
Infrastructure [56]
Natural Resources [39]
Science [60]
Technology [21]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [15]
Source: Mongabay [61], 09/12/2023
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"U.N. Says More Needed 'On All Fronts' To Meet Climate Goals" [62]

"The world is not on target to curb global warming and more action is needed on all fronts, the United Nations warned on Friday, in the run-up to crucial international talks aimed at stemming the climate crisis."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [29]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Environmental Politics [24]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Public [13]
International [35]
Source: Reuters [63], 09/11/2023
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G20 Agree To Increase Clean Energy But No Deal On Phasing Out Fossil Fuels [64]

"Group of 20 leaders agreed Saturday to triple renewable energy and try to increase the funds for climate change-related disasters but maintained the status quo with regards to phasing out carbon spewing coal."

Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Environmental Politics [24]
Public [13]
International [35]
Source: AP [65], 09/11/2023
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Feds Delay Decision In Dakota Access Pipeline Environmental Review [66]

"The Dakota Access oil pipeline’s future remains uncertain after the Army Corps of Engineers on Friday released a long-awaited draft environmental study that will help determine whether it receives an easement needed to keep operating."

Activism [42]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [43]
Environmental Justice [38]
Environmental Politics [24]
Environmental Studies [67]
Infrastructure [56]
Laws & Regulations [26]
Natural Resources [39]
Water & Oceans [12]
Public [13]
National (U.S.) [14]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [68]
Source: E&E News [69], 09/11/2023
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